Athletics Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[Wumo 3,001]

Some results that will make @hckošice very pleased. 

 

 Ecuadorean National Race Walking Championships, Macas, March 13 2021   

 

Women's 20km Race Walk:

 Karla Jaramillo (1:29:59)

 Paola Pérez (1:30:06)

https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7163009

 

Spoiler

 

 

I could find two different times for both athletes, but all of them are under the Olympic Standard.

[Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 142]

Triple Jump, Emmanuel Ihemeje  . 17.26 in NCAA finals and pass

[JoshMartini007 2,536]

Can someone confirm in the universality quotas when they say "best ranked athlete" they mean based on the world rankings? If so, then we have a problem as the following nations currently do not have an athlete with a world ranking in any of the eligible events.

 

 

To be fair, Bhutan and Vanuatu didn't participate in athletics in 2016, but for Mauritania and Tuvalu it was the only sport they competed in. Of course there is still lots of time for athletes in the above countries to get a world ranking

 

This might not be a huge problem as 5/17 of these nations are already qualified and everyone except Tuvalu can participate in swimming. Also worst case scenario, I imagine the IOC will just give a quota rather than have a nation not compete.

[Matej 290]

2 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Can someone confirm in the universality quotas when they say "best ranked athlete" they mean based on the world rankings? If so, then we have a problem as the following nations currently do not have an athlete with a world ranking in any of the eligible events.

 

 

To be fair, Bhutan and Vanuatu didn't participate in athletics in 2016, but for Mauritania and Tuvalu it was the only sport they competed in. Of course there is still lots of time for athletes in the above countries to get a world ranking

 

This might not be a huge problem as 5/17 of these nations are already qualified and everyone except Tuvalu can participate in swimming. Also worst case scenario, I imagine the IOC will just give a quota rather than have a nation not compete.

I think the IOC and WA didn't give much thought to this, because they know they can invite to compete whoever they want. If a nation doesn't have an athlete in the World Rankings, they can just invite the best athlete from the National Federation and that's it. Maybe this "best ranked athlete" is just a loophole in the rules that allows them some space for this kind of interpretations.

[phelps 7,670]

12 hours ago, Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo said:

Triple Jump, Emmanuel Ihemeje  . 17.26 in NCAA finals and pass

85cm progress all in once! 

 

before someone asks, he was born and raised in Italy (his parents are from Nigeria, but they've been living in Italy for many years now)...

 

he already represented Italy in the junior ranks (he was 6th at the 2017 junior Europeans) and now he's studying at the Oregon University...

[Dragon 1,844]

Galilee Marathon

Men

 

Refugee Olympic Team

Tachlowini Gabriyesos             2:10.55

 

First "ROT" to qualify for Tokyo

Formerly

 

[Dragon 1,844]

So the British have released a second set of qualification standards.

If an athlete fails to reach the Olympic standard then these must be achieved before GBR will allow them to enter via the World Athletics rankings system

[Wumo 3,001]

24th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, Patiala, March 16-17, 2021

 

Men's 3000m Steeplechase:

 Avinash Mukund Sable (8:20.20)

https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/india/avinash-mukund-sable-14778911

 

Men's Long Jump:

 Murali Sreeshankar (8.26)

https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/indian-athletics-tokyo-olympics-qualify-murali-sreeshankar-long-jump-fed-cup/

[intoronto 5,638]

 has announced a 9 part internal series to help athletes qualify for the games.

 

https://athletics.ca/athletics-canada-announces-nine-meet-domestic-series-in-advance-of-tokyo-2020/

[hckošice 14,822]

Only 10 athletes will be allowed to compete in Tokyo under the ANA flag was announced today